from: national control line racing association bill
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From: National Control Line Racing Association
Bill Bischoff 1809 Melody Ln.
Garland, TX 75042
Past NCLRA President Melvin Schuette ready to pit a
Sport Goodyear entry flown by Patrick Hempel.
INSIDE:
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Contest results
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Torque Roll Issue #156
June 2021
TO
PRESIDENT - Bill Bischoff
The Nats are almost here. I was looking at pre-entries last
night, and numbers are definitely up. I was also counting
known and probable Sportsman Goodyear entries, and have 20
so far! When was the last time we had 20 entries in one racing
event? (That's OK, it's a rhetorical question; you needn't look
it up.) If you have a spare airplane you wouldn't mind loaning
out, please bring it. Let's pump up this event as big as we can.
Not to mention, with this many entries, individual pilots and
pitmen won't have to participate in every race, as has
happened in the past. This will be a welcome break. And don't
forget, thanks to Bob Heywood, we will take the top three
qualifiers to a Gold race, the next three to the Silver race, and
the next three to a Bronze race. And thanks to T.J. Vieira, the
most beautiful airplane will get a plaque and the builder will
get bragging rights.
The District Rep. election ballot is in this newsletter. I need to
have your vote before I leave for the Nats, so why not just do
it now? Results will be announced at the Nats.
Remember, Dallas is having a contest the weekend before the
CL Nats start, so if you are in the area, or happen to be driving
by (Ron Duly), stop in for some last minute prep and practice.
We'd love to have you.
NORTH CENTRAL – Paul Gibeault
What to write…what to write…
With nothing really new going on, I thought I’d like to trip
nostalgic & see what interesting race photos I might have in
my photo files… so here we go!
2014 Portugal: “We’re number 1! “. There’s always been a
friendly rivalry between Canada vs. USA in TQR. When
we went overseas, you’d think we were a well-oiled team,
winning TQR (3:05 heat). Away from the home boys,
belonging to team Can-Am North America is OK with Bill
Lee (just as long as it gets him on that podium!) L-R: The
Toogood Bros. Peter & Tony (U.K.), Bill Lee / Paul
Gibeault, Nev Eyre / Brian Winstanley (U.K.)
This “Barton B” team racer of Peter Jepcott’s did not fare
too well this time out.
This Barton B team racer belonging to Barrie Pickles was
involved in the same heat… oops! No heat times were
recorded that race. In England they refer to this as a
“cock-up”, OUCH!
Letting your bearing rust is no way to get onto the
podium! A kerosene flush to get rid of residual alcohol
(which CAUSES the rust) & liberally applying after run
inhibiting oil is the way to go.
Another way you won’t get onto the podium… See what
happens when raw fuel is left in a TQR motor for a
while. If you don’t want this to happen to you, then Oil
those motors boys!! I find Mobil Jet II turbine oil
works really well for me.
2014 Portugal: Here’s a fun event never seen outside of
Europe. It’s the PAW 1.5cc (.09) “Mini-Goodyear’ event.
This event promoted by the Bristol Club in England, have
had the greatest success in that they have enough entries to
have Junior, Senior & Open classes. L-R: Malcolm Ross /
Taffy Bollen, John Carlow / Peter Jepcott, Brian Lever /
Brian Waterland. Great entertainment seeing these old
guys run after their models during pitstops! This event was
flown hand launched over grass in Julio’s beautiful back
yard, ably CD’d by Charlie Johnson of San Diego.
This is my “Luckiest” TQR ever. I won the TQR event in
2012 Portugal with Tony Toogood as my pilot. After the
race I noted my shutoff had failed, the stab attach joint
had failed, and one battery lead on my hot finger had only
3 strands of wire left. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky
than good!
You know you really have a classy event when they serve
you a custom contest dessert cake at the banquet! Served
at Sir Julio’s 2014 “Tournament of the Millennium” in
Santarem, Portugal.
Middlesex racing results District II, April 25th
By Carl Schaefer
We finally had enough people yesterday to hold our first
racing event in a few years!
First event was out sport clown race. 7.5 minutes.
1. Jim Vigani 131 LA .15
2. Dave Edwards 127 NR .15
3. Ernie Evon 97 motor (not sure).
Ernie had a slow initial start and made up some time during
the race. Next time Ernie!
We also had our first ever Dallas Sport Goodyear event. We
ran 2 80 lap heats with previously unraced models.
T. Schaefer 4:26.48 Lil Quickie
E. Evon 5:20 Margaret June?
MIDWEST – T.J. Vieira
Is anyone else out there starting to freak out a little? Nats is
just a couple weeks away!
I for one, am firmly in Father Time’s crosshairs. My Vintage
B Team will be tested for the first time tonight (6/1), and my
Sport Goodyear is on the paint stand with two colors to go on
paint! At least I am familiar with that design and know it
should fly fine, even though I massaged things a bit for this
year.
Anyhow, enough grumbling about a timetable pushed up
about a month because of a contest that isn’t even happening
anymore……. Let’s talk ideas!
Top, T.J’s “B” tr is ready for test flights. Bottom, The
Sport Goodyear is ready for paint. Both will be debuted at
the Nat’s.
There is some increasing interest in electric racing from those
OUTSIDE of racing, and I think I am dangerously close to a
prototype retrofit! Let’s face it, we need to lure people from
other circles in to ours rather than hoping to initiate from the
outside. Start with the low hanging fruit first! I was hoping to
have it ready for NATS for a demonstration flight, but that
didn’t happen because of my utter and glorious lack of time
management skills. My bad. But, here’s where I am with it: I
worked with Dane Martin for spec’ing out a power system,
and it *should* match up nicely with the claimed output for
the ASP’s. My goal here is to have a setup that has cost about
on par with nitro, and I think I’m just about on the nose with
this one once you factor in a shutoff, tank, and of course the
engine. I was advised to shop at BadAss/Innov8tive for motors
with a great bang for the buck and wound up with the BadAss
2315-1480Kv brushless motor and a matching BadAss Rebel
30 Amp ESC and a programmer on my kitchen counter.
Electrons will flow from a special 4S battery from “Fool
Throttle”, with a special 3D printed housing/plug arrangement
similar to an electric hand drill. It will also have a positive
engagement strap to make sure nothing flies off during flight.
The real tricky part of this whole thing was the timer….
Electric flight isn’t exactly new in CL, Stunt, Scale, Navy
Carrier, and even the Speed and Combat guys have been using
it for some time, but we have held out. My thought on this
reluctance is 1) How do you trigger a pit when you want it and
2) What to do in a pit stop. Well, for the timer, I am turning to
an Arduino Nano. They are super lightweight, run off the
voltage we are looking to use, have a PWM out for the servo
signal we need for the ESC, and a DI for a micro switch. This
micro switch is the important part. My thought here is to use
it as a “fuel trip”, give it a hard down command like we are
used to, and voila, motor cutoff. Once brought back in to the
pits, a battery change will be required, and then let her rip.
The motor chosen is ever so slightly larger in diameter than
the current motor beam spacing we are using for Sport
Goodyear, but, not by much. I’m really hoping that this could
be an easy retrofit for existing planes. The cool thing with
electrics is that it makes it REALLY easy to put the thrust line
right down the center of the plane…. Not needed if you want
to maintain your current looks, you could always have it offset
slightly, but, an interesting idea!
I’ll continue to work on this after NATS, and hopefully have it
wrapped up and done to show at the Buzzard’s SummerFest
on August 1. Don’t forget about it! We’ll be flying Sport
Goodyear, Vintage BT/R, SSR/Fox, and Mouse. It’ll be a
busy day, with lots of flying! And, yours truly will be
exercising their newly found superpowers of being a CD!
Remember, if you can’t be fast, try to look good going slow!
SOUTHEAST – Bob Whitney As usual the Nat’s are coming two days at a time. It is
amazing how many little things need to be done before a plane
is ready to fly. Make sure the shut off works. After all the
paint, make sure the engine cylinder is not touching the
cowl.(“B” TR), solder the wheels on, make a bracket for the
cowl. Oh yea, might help if you run the engine to make sure it
runs and restarts. Don’t forget to.wrap the leadouts, and make
a set of lines.
If everyone shows up we should have seven or eight BTR
entries at the Nat’s.
Bob’s 55 Rambler with a slightly enlarged stab and
elevator.
Inboard View of Bob’s ’55 rambler.
Other than Sport Goodyear is anyone flying a plane that is less
than 5 years old?? My mouse racers are at least 15 years old
and my Redskin “B” tr is over 20 years old.
See ya at the nats,RAD
SOUTH CENTRAL - Bill Bischoff
Dallas Spring Warm Up, April 23-25 The 2021 Spring Warm Up had 10 contestants, eight of whom
entered racing, and seven of whom entered various speed
events. Of note was that the entire current F2A team was in
attendance, both for the serious business of F2A flying and
testing, and also for some low pressure fun flying Sport
Goodyear. Twin brothers Dave and Crist Rigotti didn't race,
but did enter Perky and Sport Jet Speed.
Racing started on Saturday with Quickie Rat. Bill and Kelly
did what they do, while Mike Greb had a rather unhappy
sounding engine.
There were eight entries in Sportsman Goodyear, and eight
different types of aircraft. Bill Hughes and Alex Valishev
took turns pitting and flying for each other and agreed to fly
traffic in the third heat so that everyone flew three-up. As the
results will attest, the finish was extremely close, and
everyone turned at least one good time.
Super Slow Rat was supposed to be next. By that time, the
Hempel/Lee team was wanting to get back to the speed circle.
That left three entries, and Mike Greb was pitting them all.
You guessed it, we didn't bother.
Sunday, all the remaining racing was put on hold to give the
speed flyers another day to test and compete. Better to
accommodate the out-of-town guests, you know! The locals
can race each other any time.
QUICKIE RAT 140 laps
1)Bill Lee 6:22.29
2)Kelly Hite 7:02.15
3)Mike Greb 8:19.30
SPORTSMAN GOODYEAR 80 laps
1)Kelly Hite 4:09.26 Zipper (Invictus)
2)Bill Bischoff 4:09.42 BooRay
3)Bill Lee 4:09.78 Miss San Bernardino
4)Patrick Hempel 4:12.22 Mirage
5)Mike Greb 4:23.21 Polecat
6)Jeff Gitchel 4:28.88 Margaret June
7)Alex Valishev 4:37.32 Betty Jo
8)Bill Hughes 4:38.34 Argander Spl.
SOUTH WEST – Doug Mayer
Here we are in the middle of 2021, and we are seeing a
national trend in the Covid situation that things are getting
better. California is planning to lift the mask restrictions on
June 15th, and most people I speak to have received vaccines.
It is still a personal choice, but hopefully the contest
restrictions and flying restrictions can get back to Normal. As
of this writing, we do not have a 2021 racing schedule for the
SW district. I still have hope that we can cobble an October
Virgil Wilbur contest together later in the year. We will keep
you posted as things develop.
Local Updates:
NATS: I have been going out to the basin on a regular basis
because Tristan keeps asking me to go flying. We ran into Ron
Duly, and he is planning to make the trek to Nationals in June.
He was practicing with a Super Slow Rat, and I must say, it
looked more like a Super Fast Super Slow Rat……..(does that
make sense?) Well, good luck Ron, go and kick some butt for
the west coast! Bill Bischoff asked me if I would go, and give
Ron some of my planes for a buddy transport. I seriously
considered it, but the CL NATS are in June this year, not July,
and I had already planned our family summer vacation that
week. Maybe we can get a crew of guys to go to Dallas in
October, or maybe we can also get the Virgil Wilbur back on
the schedule. Anyway, best of luck to all the modelers who
attend the NATS, no matter where you call home.
Doug Mayer teaching Greg Kovach’s Girlfriend Brandi to
fly with a 1/2A Baby Skyray.
Looks like Doug completely wore out his new pilot trainee.
She’s fine, just needed a rest.
NEW PILOTS: With all the flying we have been doing,
we’re drumming up some interest. My buddy Greg Kovach,
and papa Dave Dawson have been joining us frequently on our
practice dates. Greg brought out his girlfriend Brandi and
decided to give it a whorl. I lent my 1/2A baby Skyray, and a
Trainer Pilot Hand to Brandi for her first 2 flights. I walked
behind her, and did my best to keep her comfortable. She was
quite nervous, and her arm felt like a block of concrete. I had a
hard time getting her to relax. Well, we survived two tanks of
fuel, and then she promptly plopped on the ground to recover
for a bit. She told us she wants to keep coming out to practice
with the boys. Maybe we can get her trained by October, and
we could have an all women face off between Brandi, and
Bill’s better half, Kari! If that happens, I’m selling tickets and
front row seats!
David and Tristan cleaning their models.
KIDS UPDATE: A few months ago, I reported on Tristan’s
buddy and our next-door neighbor David, age 11. He picked
up the knack of flying immediately and has been steadily
getting better. For the last few visits to the Basin, we would
start on the Skyray, and then move up to mouse racers. He has
a very steady hand and a good sense of flying and landing. I
prepared an old sport goodyear with a Fox .15 BB as a trainer
plane. We put a prop on backwards to slow things down a bit,
and David did great! Its exciting to see a brand-new kid to
racing out on a .15 sized goodyear in such a short learning
curve. Next time we’re gonna flip that prop around and let him
have at it!
Tristan flying “Shoelace” and David getting some two-up
practice.
Tristan has been intimidated by the Fox Racer “Shoelace” that
I built for him a year or two ago. The first time he flew it, it
torque rolled on him, and that was it. He has never flown it
since. I just had to break the circle of fear, and I told him,
“You can handle this, you’re a good pilot”. Well, he took a
flight with Shoelace and was so excited, that now every time
we go flying, he tells me, “Dad, I think Shoelace is my
favorite plane!”
The big news is Mason, my older son. He has refused to join
us flying for almost 2 years, (he’s got teenager disease).
Somehow, we convinced him to join us last weekend. He flew
Mouse, Sport Goodyear, and the Fox Racer Shoelace. He’s a
really good pilot, but a bit rough on the landing gear. It’s been
so long since he flew, that everytime the motor died, he
ballooned the plane, stalled, and then crash landed. After a few
flights, he stopped this bad habit, and got back to some better
landing. It was good to see him come out, hopefully, we can
convince him to keep coming out. My hope is that one of these
days, we can have some junior racers going 2 or 3 up in
Mouse or Sport Goodyear. The kids have been practicing by
walking the circle together, even though only 1 of them is
flying at a time.
FIELD REPAIRS: The Valley Circle Burners club calls the
Sepulveda Dam Basin home. The racing circle and stunt circle
are starting to have some pretty bad cracks. Personally, I
determine where to pit, by avoiding the size of the cracks that
are in the way. Also, some cracks are growing some
significant weeds that will snag your lines. Last week, the
Circle Burners did some field maintenance and crack repairs.
They had all the gear to do things right. They cleaned out the
cracks, and then hot patched some blacktop back into the field.
They had a big torch, and a vibrator to pack the asphalt back
into the cracks. The bad news is that they ran out of material,
and didn’t finish the job. Now the field has some big huge
cracks that were un-repaired. The good news is that they only
worked on the Stunt circle (it’s a stunt club of course?!?), and
they left the racing circle alone. I did my own version of field
maintenance, and pulled out all of the monster weeds from the
racing circle that were snagging our lines. We still have huge
cracks, but maybe some day the Circle Burners will finish the
job.
Above: The picture of the goodyear in the crack is after
landing, IT IS NOT A STAGED SHOT!!!
Valley Circle Burners President Dave Hull (Straw hat)
trying not to burn down the circle. Seriously, Dave and his
crew are patching the massive cracks as seen in the top left
picture.
Baby Judy, 1/2A Goodyear – Part 2 By Doug Mayer
Here is an update on my Baby Judy build, Part 2. As I
explained in my last article, the whole purpose of Baby
Judy is a test bed for building and finishing techniques,
prior to building a full size .15 Goodyear.
Several years ago, I built a custom kite surfboard from
scratch with Last-A-Foam, and Carbon/Kevlar Cloth and
West System marine epoxy. The board was extremely
light, and STRONG, and I have always wanted to build a
control line wing using the same materials. Last-A-Foam
can be purchased at Aircraft Spruce. It comes in 1/4”, 3/8”,
and 1/2” thickness. It is extremely brittle and will simply
just “SNAP” if you bend it. It seems worthless as a core
material, but read on. It sands very easily, almost crumbles
under the grit of sandpaper, so shaping the airfoil is very
easy. A spruce spar will be mandatory as a thickness and
sanding guide for the high point, as well as a leading edge
and trailing edge material of spruce or balsa. The amazing
thing about Last-A-Foam is that it does not absorb all the
epoxy like the Divyncel Foam does, so your finished
product remains light. The strength comes from the Carbon
and Kevlar outer shell, not the center core of the wing.
Before I go to all the effort to build a foam wing, I wanted
to test my techniques with the Carbon/Kevlar cloth and
Baby Judy’s balsa wing. When I made my surfboard, I had
the worst time in the world cutting the Kevlar, and almost
lost my mind. I did not realize that YOU MUST use
specialized KEVLAR Scissors, or you can just forget it.
Somehow, I survived that project, but it was a big mess
and a big hassle. I knew that I needed to do things
differently this time if I was going to use Kevlar. I bought
some big Kevlar Scissors, and they work very well. The
cloth is still difficult to work with, so I needed a way to
lay out my pattern.
I laid my wing blank directly on the cloth, and created an
outline with blue painter’s tape. The tape creates the
outline shape, and hold the weave together nicely while
you cut the shape out. You must be extremely careful not
to have any bumps, glue or junk on your work surface that
can snag the cloth. You will notice from my photos, that I
laid out my wing on a piece of foamboard to provide a
perfectly smooth surface. If you snag your cloth, this will
become your nightmare. Once the cloth was cut to shape, I
laid it on the wing, and tried to wet it out from the top. I
discovered that this did not work as planned, and next
time, I will pre-wet the wing before laying down the cloth.
Once the Kevlar/Carbon cloth was wetted out thoroughly
with a foam roller, I placed a top layer of 2 oz fiberglass
on top, and wetted this out with the foam roller. My whole
process did not work quite as well as I wanted, but a step
of wet sanding, and a finish coat of epoxy with another
process of wet sanding will provide good results.
This next step is maybe a step beyond normal modeling,
but something I learned from building custom surfboards.
The epoxy topcoat inevitably may have a few pin hole
bubbles and imperfections. Not to worry. I wet sand with
220, 320, 400, 600, 1000, and then 2000. This should bring
you to an almost perfect finish. Next, I use a liquid car
wax and polish. There are multiple options at your auto
supply store, but you want one that says, “Will remove
light scratches and imperfections, while leaving you with a
beautiful shine!” ha ha ha. No, I am not kidding. Then, I
use an orbital car buffer, and polish and wax the wing (or
Fuselage) until it has a mirror glass reflection. This
exposes all the carbon and Kevlar weave and gives an
outstanding aesthetic finish. I took a photo of the final
polished epoxy over the glass, and kevlar, and it has an
amazing 3-Dimensional quality to it. Baby Judy’s wing is
Balsa, but after this test run, I feel confident that I can
build a sport goodyear wing with foam, Kevlar/Carbon,
and epoxy.
Top: Baby Judy’s wing after Polishing and waxing.
Bottom: Completed model ready for test flights.
The rest of the build was standard construction. I
fiberglassed the elevator and Stab with glass and epoxy,
and then finished off the tail empennages with Blue Ultra
Poxy Paint. I mounted the custom aluminum motor mount
to the fuselage, and then mounted a titanium landing gear
strut to the outside of the aluminum and mounted it with 4-
40 bolts tapped into the titanium. As of this writing, Baby
Judy is still a virgin, but I plan to take her out and give her
first flight tomorrow on Memorial Day.
On a final note, I provide free model airplane drawings via
email, and .pdfs. I am also quite happy to respond to any
questions you may have about my techniques or products
that I use. My Info is listed under Doug Mayer Goodyear
Plans, and SW District. Cheers, have fun with your builds.
NEW SHUTOFF OFFERINGS - Bill Bischoff In addition to my backplate mounted Sport Goodyear shutoff,
I am now offering two different fuselage mounted shutoffs
shown below. The Sport Goodyear version is 1.25" x 1.25". It
will be available in a top pull and bottom pull version. There is
also a slightly larger shutoff for Quickie Rat and other profile
racers. It is 1.5"x 1.0". The price for either is $20.00, the same
as the backplate shutoff.
For those who need something different or just like to "roll
their own", I will also be offering both sizes as a "short kit".
(Below) The short kits will include the most important bits,
namely the frame (undrilled), an appropriate length clevis pin
for the plunger, and a spring. The price is $6.00.
VENDORS I USE AND RECOMMEND
Bill Bischoff If you're in a club, or ever helped administer a contest, you
may have needed to buy awards or custom T-shirts. Been
there, done that, got the shirt-literally.
For T-shirts, I use and recommend oo Shirts (ooshirts.com).
They are quite reasonably priced and offer many choices or
shirt brands and types. I personally like the Hanes tagless tees.
For plaques, I have re-discovered Midwest Trophy
(mtmawards.com). I found them on the web recently, and I
realized that they were the same company our club bought
trophies from multiple times in the late 1980's. They too are
reasonably priced, and their service is extremely quick. There
is also a low minimum order to qualify for free shipping.
If I find something better, or have any reason to change, I will
report on it. Until then, I will gladly continue to use these
vendors.
Elections… NCLRA DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE BALLLOT
Please vote for your own district only. Districts are listed
below. Please email your vote to [email protected]. The
official ballot is not required. Just drop me a note with your
name and your vote. Votes must be received by June 18.
SOUTHWEST
[ ] Doug Mayer
[ ] _____________(write in)
NORTHWEST
[ ] _____________ (write in)
SOUTH CENTRAL
[ ] Bill Bischoff
[ ] _____________ (write in)
NORTH CENTRAL
[ ] Paul Gibeault
[ ] _____________ (write in)
MIDWEST
[ ] T.J. Vieira
[ ] _____________ (write in)
NORTHEAST
[ ] Phil Valente
[ ] _____________ (write in)
SOUTHEAST
[ ] Bob Whitney
[ ] _____________ (write in)
NCLRA DISTRICTS
1. Southwest: California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Hawaii
2. Northwest: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, British
Columbia, Yukon
3. South Central: Texas, NM, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado,
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana
4. North Central: Montana, N & S Dakota, Nebraska,
Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Alberta,
Saskatchewan, N.W.Territories, Manitoba, Ontario (Central
Time Zone)
5. Midwest: Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois,
Michigan
6. Northeast: everything north of North Carolina and east of
Ohio, Ontario (Eastern Time Zone) and all Eastern Canadian
Provinces, and all of Europe
7. Southeast: Everything south of and including North
Carolina and east of Louisiana
CONTEST CALENDAR
Due to Covid-19 virus, many contests listed may
be cancelled or re-scheduled, check and make
sure before travel.
NCLRA cannot be held responsible for errors or
omissions!
This calendar is compiled from data collected at
the NCLRA website nclra.org. and other
published sources.
Members can log in to NCLRA.org and submit
contest details.
NORTHEAST DISTRICT
10/24 Middlesex Speed/Racing @ Mountainview park
Middlesex NJ 40.583603, -74.497955
11/14 Middlesex Speed/Racing @ Mountainview park
Middlesex NJ 40.583603, -74.497955
NORTH CENTRAL DISTRICT
None
NORTHWEST DISTRICT Sept. 3-4-5
New date! Northwest Control-Line Regionals, Roseburg
Regional Airport, Roseburg, Ore. Aerobatics, Combat, Navy
Carrier, Racing, Scale, Speed.
Friday: 80mph Combat, Vintage Combat, Old-Time Stunt, Navy
Carrier, Speed.
Saturday: High-Performance 1/2-A Combat, 15 Fast Combat,
Classic Stunt, Nostalgia 30 Stunt, Profile Stunt. Navy Carrier,
Scale, Speed.
Sunday: Precision Aerobatics, AMA Fast Combat, Navy Carrier,
Racing.
Download a flyer with all the details or email for information.
Discount advance entry forms will be posted shortly.
Sponsored by the Northwest Regionals Management Association
in conjuction with other Northwest clubs and individuals.
SOUTHEAST DISTRICT None
MIDWEST DISTRICT 2021 AMA Nat’s
International Aeromodeling Center, Muncie Indiana
Racing: June 20-26
*Proposed schedule, to be confirmed* MONDAY F2C, Mouse I
TUESDAY Slow Rat, Super Slow Rat/ Fox Race (combined)
WEDNESDAY Goodyear, Sport Goodyear
THURSDAY Clown, Quickie Rat
October 2-3 Buzzin’ Buzzards Fall Festival
Wegerzyn Gardens Metropark 1301 E. Siebenthaller Ave.
Dayton, Ohio 45414 Sunday: Racing
Sportsman Goodyear (DMAA) rules.
Vintage “B” Team Race (Buzzin’ Buzzards Rules)
NCLRA Fox Race/SSR Combined.
CD: Bob Heywood Ph: 937-890-7555 E-mail: [email protected]
SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT The Dallas Model Aircraft Association has set its contest schedule for
2021.
June12-13 Bob Gieseke Memorial
Racing on Saturday only. Mouse, Quickie Rat, Super Slow Rat, Sport
Goodyear and Fox/Goldberg race.
September 4-5 Charles Ash Memorial
Racing on Saturday only. Mouse, Quickie Rat, Super Slow Rat, Sport Goodyear and Fox/Goldberg race.
October 8-9-10 Fall Finale
Racing on both Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday, Quickie Rat, Super Slow Rat, and Sport Goodyear. Sunday will be
Mouse, Clown race, AMA Goodyear, and Fox/Goldberg Race.
At all contests, NCLRA legal Fox racers may enter Super Slow Rat. Fox 35
appropriate fuel will be provided.
SOUTHWEST DISTRICT None
For a sport flier, this dude sure looks serious! Paul
Gibeault indicating that he is coming in for a pit during a
practice session.
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www.Petrockfarm.com
JIM DUNKIN Engine reference books 816-229-9671 [email protected]
ELIMINATOR PROPS Steve Wilk 3257 Welcome Ave. N. Crystal, MN 55422
763-531-0604 e-mail [email protected]
Online store http://eliminatorprops.com/store/
STEVE EICHENBERGER Custom Fiberglas Performance Props: Moulded tops. Steve
Eichenberger 480-730-0016
GOODYEAR PLANS- DOUG MAYER Douglas Mayer 5010 W. 123rd Place
Hawthorne, CA 90250
310-463-0525 cell
JUST ENGINES LTD Newby Cross Farm,Newby Cross
Carlisle, CUMBRIA CA5 6JP England
Popular engines plus spares and Pipes.Irvine, Moki, Mvvs
(http://www.justengines.unseen.org)
JON FLETCHER Custom replacement engine parts, needle valves.
33 Lagari Close, Wingham, NSW 2429
Australia Tel. 61 2 6553 4548
LEE MACHINE SHOP 827 SE 43rd Street
Topeka, Kansas 66609
785-266-7714 - [email protected]
www.LeeMachineShop.com
RITCH’S BREW Fuel ready mixed top quality finest ingredients.
4104 Lark Lane, Houston, TX 77025 713-661-5458
MBS MODEL SUPPLY Solid Wire Sets and other C/L needs
Contact Melvin Schuette, P.O. Box 240 Auburn KS 66402
1-785-221-7042. mbsmodelsupply.com
ZZ Props Full line of quality Glass & Carbon Fiber props for Control Line
Speed & Racing.
Contact Mike Hazel at: 503-859-2905 Day Phone or 503-871-
1057 24 Hour Phone. Email: [email protected]
NELSON COMPETITION ENGINES 121 Pebble Creek Lane, Zelienople, PA 16063
Manufacturer of NELSON Racing Engines and parts, FAI Pans
for F2A & FIC Custom Button Heads, Nelson Glow Plugs, many
other specialty engine items. (Henry Nelson) Phone: (724) 538-
5282 e-mail: [email protected]
MARC WARWASHANA Rubber fastfills, vintage Dons’ racing wheels.
11577 North Shore Dr.
Whitmore Lake, MI 48189-9124
Phone: 734-449-7355 E-Mail: [email protected]
OLD MAGAZINE PLANS & MORE ON CD Tom Wilk, 301 W. Redwing St.,Duluth, MN 55803
Phone: 218-724-0928(hm) E-Mail: [email protected]
ZALP ENGINES Zalp F2C&F2D engines- Bob Whitney
456 Garvey rd sw, Palm Bay FL 32908 [email protected]
BISCHOFF'S SPORTSMAN GOODYEAR
RACING PARTS Sport Goodyear FUEL SHUTOFF $20.00
Mounts to the back of ASP/ Magnum/ SH engine
Includes longer backplate screws.
fuselage mounted FUEL SHUTOFF $20.00
specify top or bottom pull, specify
Goodyear (1 1/4") or Quickie Rat (1 1/2")
FUEL SHUTOFF short kit $6.00
incl. frame, spring, plunger specify 1 1/4" or 1 1/2"
ASP/ Magnum/ SH 15 VENTURI $10.00 1/4" ID, 4mm spraybar, fits 10mm hole
RSM Supertigre style needle assembly $11.00
Aluminum landing gear struts $12.00 .090" 2024-T3, drilled & tapped, with screws
Edges pre-rounded.
1 1/4" Williams Bros. wheels, 1/4" axle holes $5.00
1/4" axles w/o wheels (Pair) $2.00 With hardware- requires 1/4" hole in wheels
1 oz fuel tank $20.00
Per Margaret June plans, or
with pinch-off overflow-your choice.
Bellcrank button kit $2.00 includes hex buttons, eyelets, screws
8 oz. fuel bottle with fitting $10.00
Racing handle, 3" spacing $25.00 metal frame, wooden grip, stainless cable
(other spacing available by request)
Clothespin type glowplug clip $7.00 Clip only, no wires
Shipping: $10.00 per order including fuel tanks, bottles, or handles.
$5.00 per order without fuel tanks, bottles, handles. I accept paypal or
personal checks.
Paypal: [email protected]/ Mail checks to: William Bischoff, 1809
Melody Ln, Garland TX 75042. For questions, call (972) 840-2135 or
email [email protected]
Officer’s Addresses
President
Bill Bischoff
1809 Melody Ln
Garland, TX 75042
Phone Numbers:
972-840-2135
972-475-5569
Email: [email protected]
Vice- President
Les Akre
13336-129st.
Edmonton, Alberta T5L-1J8
Canada
Home: 780-454-5723
Cell(or other): 780-919-2792
E-Mail: [email protected]
Secty/Treas
Tim Stone
4919 Country Oaks dr.
Johnsburg, Illinois 60051
815-861-5357
Editor
Les Akre
13336-129st.
Edmonton, Alberta T5L-1J8
Canada
Home: 780-454-5723
Cell (or other): 780-919-2792
E-Mail: [email protected]
North West Representative
(Open)
North Central Representative
Paul Gibeault
23 South Park Dr.
Leduc, AB T9E 4W9
Canada
Cell (or other) 780-716-2950
E-mail: [email protected]
North East Representative
Phil Valente
1523 Ulster Way
West Chester, PA 19380
Home: 610-692-6469
E-Mail: [email protected]
Midwest Representative
T.J. Vieira
1909 Amelia Ct.
Miamisburg OH 45342
Email [email protected]
Ph. (Cell) 585-410-0366
South West Representative
Douglas Mayer
5010 W 123rd Place
Hawthorne, CA 90250
Phone Numbers:
310-463-0525
Email: Douglasmayer58@gmai.....
South Central Representative
Bill Bischoff
1809 Melody Ln
Garland, TX 75042
Phone Numbers:
972-840-2135
972-245-8379
Email: [email protected]
South East Representative
Robert L Whitney
56 Garvey Road S.W.
Palm Bay, FL 32908
Phone Numbers:
321-676-0554
321-726-2017
Email: f2cracer@aol.....
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